Amid Trump heat, EAM Jaishankar meets EU peers; Brazil, Mexico ministers join in

External affairs minister S Jaishankar was part of an informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers, hosted by EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy Kaja Kallas on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

The meeting also included ministers from Brazil and Mexico and focused on key global issues, including multilateralism, the India-EU partnership, Ukraine conflict, Gaza situation, energy, and trade.

Jaishankar's perspectives on India's stance were widely appreciated, Herve Delphin, EU ambassador to India, said.


Kallas underscored the importance of partnerships with India, Brazil and Mexico in protecting the rules-based global order. She noted that the EU recently unveiled a blueprint to deepen ties with India and Mexico by updating its free trade agreement. Kallas described the situation in Gaza as a "devastating failure of humanity", urging the Israeli government to lift humanitarian restrictions immediately and stressing that expanding settlements and annexing territory were incompatible with peace.